Back to work
March 5th 2009 05:53
First day back at work today since the operation. I've been into the office a couple of times, very briefly, but today was meant to be pretty much a full day.
Well, by the time I'd had afternoon tea, I could hardly keep my eyes open! I should have taken advantage of the couch in one of the meeting rooms at work, and had a kip there, but I decided to go home, thinking I was washed out. In fact, by the time I'd had a ten-minute lie-down on my own bed, I was feeling quite reasonable again (!)
These sudden bouts of tiredness are fairly normal apparently, at this stage of recovery. We had a large family group around last night for a birthday party, and half way through dessert I was just wiped out. Had to go and lie down, and in fact, was so tired that I finished up going to bed at nine pm. On top of that I was feeling unusually sore around my stomach. It might have been that I unthinkingly lifted up one of my grandchildren. Probably not a good idea at this stage of the game! Faulty laptop memory in my computer brain, apparently!
I won't do that again for a few weeks, maybe. At least at the end of this week I can drive the car again. That'll be a plus, and another step on the road towards being my usual self again.
I'm not so worried about getting back to digging the garden, on the other hand, and anyway, I can't do that until week six or so.
I enjoyed being back at work, however. I was working from home this week, and was beginning to go a bit stir crazy, missing the company of other human beings. The kitten, while it's a lot of fun, isn't quite so communicative. It's begun a habit of lying as close as possible to my head whenever I take a nap; it's as though it thinks it might miss out on some important brain signals if it lies any further down. Waking up to a little cat face an inch from your nose is a bit startling, but not overwhelming. Not sure what it'll be like if she carries on doing this as she gets older.
Well, by the time I'd had afternoon tea, I could hardly keep my eyes open! I should have taken advantage of the couch in one of the meeting rooms at work, and had a kip there, but I decided to go home, thinking I was washed out. In fact, by the time I'd had a ten-minute lie-down on my own bed, I was feeling quite reasonable again (!)
These sudden bouts of tiredness are fairly normal apparently, at this stage of recovery. We had a large family group around last night for a birthday party, and half way through dessert I was just wiped out. Had to go and lie down, and in fact, was so tired that I finished up going to bed at nine pm. On top of that I was feeling unusually sore around my stomach. It might have been that I unthinkingly lifted up one of my grandchildren. Probably not a good idea at this stage of the game! Faulty laptop memory in my computer brain, apparently!
I won't do that again for a few weeks, maybe. At least at the end of this week I can drive the car again. That'll be a plus, and another step on the road towards being my usual self again.
I'm not so worried about getting back to digging the garden, on the other hand, and anyway, I can't do that until week six or so.
I enjoyed being back at work, however. I was working from home this week, and was beginning to go a bit stir crazy, missing the company of other human beings. The kitten, while it's a lot of fun, isn't quite so communicative. It's begun a habit of lying as close as possible to my head whenever I take a nap; it's as though it thinks it might miss out on some important brain signals if it lies any further down. Waking up to a little cat face an inch from your nose is a bit startling, but not overwhelming. Not sure what it'll be like if she carries on doing this as she gets older.
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